<vn='1'>And the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s><sn="6213">did</s><sn="7451">evil</s> in the <sn="5869">sight</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>: and the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="5414">delivered</s> them into the <sn="3027">hand</s> of <sn="4080">Midian</s><sn="7651">seven</s><sn="8141">years</s>. </v>
<vn='2'>And the <sn="3027">hand</s> of <sn="4080">Midian</s><sn="5810">prevailed</s><sn="5921">against</s><sn="3478">Israel</s>: and <sn="4480 6440">because</s> of the <sn="4080">Midianites</s> the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s><sn="6213">made</s> them <sn="*853"></s> the <sn="4492">dens</s><sn="834">which</s> are in the <sn="2022">mountains</s>, and <sn="4631">caves</s>, and <sn="4679">strongholds</s>. </v>
<vn='3'>And so it <sn="1961">was</s>, <sn="518">when</s><sn="3478">Israel</s> had <sn="2232">sown</s>, that the <sn="4080">Midianites</s> came <sn="5927">up</s>, and the <sn="6003">Amalekites</s>, and the <sn="1121">children</s> of the <sn="6924">east</s>, even they came <sn="5927">up</s><sn="5921">against</s> them; </v>
<vn='4'>And they <sn="2583">encamped</s><sn="5921">against</s> them, and <sn="7843">destroyed</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="2981">increase</s> of the <sn="776">earth</s>, <sn="5704">till</s> thou <sn="935">come</s> unto <sn="5804">Gaza</s>, and <sn="7604">left</s><sn="3808">no</s><sn="4241">sustenance</s> for <sn="3478">Israel</s>, neither <sn="7716">sheep</s>, nor <sn="7794">ox</s>, nor <sn="2543">ass</s>. </v>
<vn='5'><sn="3588">For</s><sn="1992">they</s> came <sn="5927">up</s> with their <sn="4735">cattle</s> and their <sn="168">tents</s>, and they <sn="935">came</s><sn="1992">as</s><sn="697">grasshoppers</s> for <sn="7230">multitude</s>; for both <sn="1992">they</s> and their <sn="1581">camels</s> were <sn="369">without</s><sn="4557">number</s>: and they <sn="935">entered</s> into the <sn="776">land</s> to <sn="7843">destroy</s> it. </v>
<vn='6'>And <sn="3478">Israel</s> was <sn="3966">greatly</s><sn="1809">impoverished</s><sn="4480 6440">because</s> of the <sn="4080">Midianites</s>; and the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s><sn="2199">cried</s><sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. </v>
<vn='7'>And it came to <sn="1961">pass</s>, <sn="3588">when</s> the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s><sn="2199">cried</s><sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> because <sn="5921 182">of</s> the <sn="4080">Midianites</s>, </v>
<vn='8'>That the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="7971">sent</s> a <sn="5030">prophet</s><sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>, which <sn="559">said</s> unto them, <sn="3541">Thus</s><sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="430">God</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>, <sn="595">I</s> brought you <sn="5927 *853">up</s> from <sn="4480 4714">Egypt</s>, and brought you <sn="3318 *853">forth</s> out of the <sn="4480 1004">house</s> of <sn="5650">bondage</s>; </v>
<vn='9'>And I <sn="5337">delivered</s> you out of the <sn="4480 3027">hand</s> of the <sn="4714">Egyptians</s>, and out of the <sn="4480 3027">hand</s> of <sn="3605">all</s> that <sn="3905">oppressed</s> you, and drove them <sn="1644 *853">out</s> from <sn="4480 6440">before</s> you, and <sn="5414">gave</s> you <sn="*853"></s> their <sn="776">land</s>; </v>
<vn='10'>And I <sn="559">said</s> unto you, <sn="589">I</s> am the <sn="3068">LORD</s> your <sn="430">God</s>; <sn="3372">fear</s><sn="3808">not</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="430">gods</s> of the <sn="567">Amorites</s>, in <sn="834">whose</s><sn="776">land</s><sn="859">ye</s><sn="3427">dwell</s>: but ye have <sn="3808">not</s><sn="8085">obeyed</s> my <sn="6963">voice</s>. </v>
<vn='11'>And there <sn="935">came</s> an <sn="4397">angel</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, and <sn="3427">sat</s><sn="8478">under</s> an <sn="424">oak</s><sn="834">which</s> was in <sn="6084">Ophrah</s>, <sn="834">that</s> pertained unto <sn="3101">Joash</s> the <sn="33">Abi</s> -ezrite: and his <sn="1121">son</s><sn="1439">Gideon</s><sn="2251">threshed</s><sn="2406">wheat</s> by the <sn="1660">winepress</s>, to <sn="5127">hide</s> it <sn="4480 6440">from</s> the <sn="4080">Midianites</s>. </v>
<vn='12'>And the <sn="4397">angel</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="7200">appeared</s><sn="413">unto</s> him, and <sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s> him, The <sn="3068">LORD</s> is <sn="5973">with</s> thee, thou mighty <sn="1368">man</s> of <sn="2428">valor</s>. </v>
<vn='13'>And <sn="1439">Gideon</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s> him, <sn="994">Oh</s> my <sn="113">Lord</s>, if the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="3426">be</s><sn="5973">with</s> us, <sn="4100">why</s> then is <sn="3605">all</s><sn="2063">this</s><sn="4672">befallen</s> us? and <sn="346">where</s> be <sn="3605">all</s> his <sn="6381">miracles</s><sn="834">which</s> our <sn="1">fathers</s><sn="5608">told</s> us of, <sn="559">saying</s>, Did <sn="3808">not</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> bring us <sn="5927">up</s> from <sn="4480 4714">Egypt</s>? but <sn="6258">now</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> hath <sn="5203">forsaken</s> us, and <sn="5414">delivered</s> us into the <sn="3709">hands</s> of the <sn="4080">Midianites</s>. </v>
<vn='14'>And the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="6437">looked</s><sn="413">upon</s> him, and <sn="559">said</s>, Go <sn="1980">in</s><sn="2088">this</s> thy <sn="3581">might</s>, and thou shalt <sn="3467">save</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3478">Israel</s> from the <sn="4480 3709">hand</s> of the <sn="4080">Midianites</s>: have <sn="3808">not</s> I <sn="7971">sent</s> thee? </v>
<vn='15'>And he <sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s> him, <sn="994">Oh</s> my <sn="136">Lord</s>, <sn="4100">wherewith</s> shall I <sn="3467">save</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3478">Israel</s>? <sn="2009">behold</s>, my <sn="504">family</s> is <sn="1800">poor</s> in <sn="4519">Manasseh</s>, and <sn="595">I</s> am the <sn="6810">least</s> in my <sn="1">father</s> 's <sn="1004">house</s>. </v>
<vn='16'>And the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s> him, <sn="3588">Surely</s> I will <sn="1961">be</s><sn="5973">with</s> thee, and thou shalt <sn="5221">smite</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="4080">Midianites</s> as <sn="259">one</s><sn="376">man</s>. </v>
<vn='17'>And he <sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s> him, <sn="518">If</s><sn="4994">now</s> I have <sn="4672">found</s><sn="2580">grace</s> in thy <sn="5869">sight</s>, then <sn="6213">show</s> me a <sn="226">sign</s> that <sn="7945 859">thou</s><sn="1696">talkest</s><sn="5973">with</s> me. </v>
<vn='18'><sn="4185">Depart</s><sn="408">not</s><sn="4480 2088">hence</s>, I pray <sn="4994">thee</s>, <sn="5704">until</s> I <sn="935">come</s><sn="413">unto</s> thee, and bring <sn="3318">forth</s><sn="*853"></s> my <sn="4503">present</s>, and <sn="5117">set</s> it <sn="6440">before</s> thee. And he <sn="559">said</s>, <sn="595">I</s> will <sn="3427">tarry</s><sn="5704">until</s> thou come <sn="7725">again</s>. </v>
<vn='19'>And <sn="1439">Gideon</s> went <sn="935">in</s>, and made <sn="6213">ready</s> a <sn="1423 5795">kid</s>, and unleavened <sn="4682">cakes</s> of an <sn="374">ephah</s> of <sn="7058">flour</s>: the <sn="1320">flesh</s> he <sn="7760">put</s> in a <sn="5536">basket</s>, and he <sn="7760">put</s> the <sn="4839">broth</s> in a <sn="6517">pot</s>, and brought it <sn="3318">out</s><sn="413">unto</s> him <sn="413 8478">under</s> the <sn="424">oak</s>, and <sn="5066">presented</s> it. </v>
<vn='20'>And the <sn="4397">angel</s> of <sn="430">God</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s> him, <sn="3947">Take</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="1320">flesh</s> and the unleavened <sn="4682">cakes</s>, and <sn="5117">lay</s> them <sn="413">upon</s><sn="1975">this</s><sn="5553">rock</s>, and pour <sn="8210">out</s> the <sn="4839">broth</s>. And he <sn="6213">did</s><sn="3651">so</s>. </v>
<vn='21'>Then the <sn="4397">angel</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s> put <sn="7971">forth</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="7097">end</s> of the <sn="4938">staff</s><sn="834">that</s> was in his <sn="3027">hand</s>, and <sn="5060">touched</s> the <sn="1320">flesh</s> and the unleavened <sn="4682">cakes</s>; and there rose <sn="5927">up</s><sn="784">fire</s> out <sn="4480">of</s> the <sn="6697">rock</s>, and <sn="398">consumed</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="1320">flesh</s> and the unleavened <sn="4682">cakes</s>. Then the <sn="4397">angel</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="1980">departed</s> out of his <sn="4480 5869">sight</s>. </v>
<vn='22'>And when <sn="1439">Gideon</s><sn="7200">perceived</s><sn="3588">that</s><sn="1931">he</s> was an <sn="4397">angel</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, <sn="1439">Gideon</s><sn="559">said</s>, <sn="162">Alas</s>, O <sn="136">Lord</s><sn="3069">GOD</s>! <sn="3588">for</s><sn="5921 3651">because</s> I have <sn="7200">seen</s> an <sn="4397">angel</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="6440">face</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="6440">face</s>. </v>
<vn='23'>And the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="559">said</s> unto him, <sn="7965">Peace</s> be unto thee; <sn="3372">fear</s><sn="408">not</s>: thou shalt <sn="3808">not</s><sn="4191">die</s>. </v>
<vn='24'>Then <sn="1439">Gideon</s><sn="1129">built</s> an <sn="4196">altar</s><sn="8033">there</s> unto the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, and <sn="7121">called</s> it <sn="3073">Jehovah</s> -shalom: <sn="5704">unto</s><sn="2088">this</s><sn="3117">day</s> it is <sn="5750">yet</s> in <sn="6084">Ophrah</s> of the <sn="33">Abi</s> -ezrites. </v>
<vn='25'>And it came to <sn="1961">pass</s> the <sn="1931">same</s><sn="3915">night</s>, that the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="559">said</s> unto him, <sn="3947">Take</s><sn="*853"></s> thy <sn="1">father</s> 's young <sn="6499 7794">bullock</s>, even the <sn="8145">second</s><sn="6499">bullock</s> of <sn="7651">seven</s><sn="8141">years</s> old, and throw <sn="2040">down</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="4196">altar</s> of <sn="1168">Baal</s><sn="834">that</s> thy <sn="1">father</s> hath, and cut <sn="3772">down</s> the <sn="842">grove</s><sn="834">that</s> is <sn="5921">by</s> it: </v>
<vn='26'>And <sn="1129">build</s> an <sn="4196">altar</s> unto the <sn="3068">LORD</s> thy <sn="430">God</s><sn="5921">upon</s> the <sn="7218">top</s> of <sn="2088">this</s><sn="4581">rock</s>, in the ordered <sn="4634">place</s>, and <sn="3947">take</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="8145">second</s><sn="6499">bullock</s>, and <sn="5927">offer</s> a burnt <sn="5930">sacrifice</s> with the <sn="6086">wood</s> of the <sn="842">grove</s><sn="834">which</s> thou shalt cut <sn="3772">down</s>. </v>
<vn='27'>Then <sn="1439">Gideon</s><sn="3947">took</s><sn="6235">ten</s><sn="376">men</s> of his <sn="4480 5650">servants</s>, and <sn="6213">did</s><sn="834">as</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> had <sn="1696">said</s><sn="413">unto</s> him: and so it <sn="1961">was</s>, <sn="834">because</s> he <sn="3372">feared</s><sn="*853"></s> his <sn="1">father</s> 's <sn="1004">household</s>, and the <sn="376">men</s> of the <sn="5892">city</s>, that he could not <sn="4480 6213">do</s> it by <sn="3119">day</s>, that he <sn="6213">did</s> it by <sn="3915">night</s>. </v>
<vn='28'>And when the <sn="376">men</s> of the <sn="5892">city</s> arose <sn="7925">early</s> in the <sn="1242">morning</s>, <sn="2009">behold</s>, the <sn="4196">altar</s> of <sn="1168">Baal</s> was cast <sn="5422">down</s>, and the <sn="842">grove</s> was cut <sn="3772">down</s><sn="834">that</s> was <sn="5921">by</s> it, and the <sn="8145">second</s><sn="6499">bullock</s> was <sn="5927">offered</s><sn="5921">upon</s> the <sn="4196">altar</s> that was <sn="1129">built</s>. </v>
<vn='29'>And they <sn="559">said</s><sn="376">one</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="7453">another</s>, <sn="4310">Who</s> hath <sn="6213">done</s><sn="2088">this</s><sn="1697">thing</s>? And when they <sn="1875">inquired</s> and <sn="1245">asked</s>, they <sn="559">said</s>, <sn="1439">Gideon</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="3101">Joash</s> hath <sn="6213">done</s><sn="2088">this</s><sn="1697">thing</s>. </v>
<vn='30'>Then the <sn="376">men</s> of the <sn="5892">city</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s><sn="3101">Joash</s>, Bring <sn="3318">out</s><sn="*853"></s> thy <sn="1121">son</s>, that he may <sn="4191">die</s>: <sn="3588">because</s> he hath cast <sn="5422">down</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="4196">altar</s> of <sn="1168">Baal</s>, and <sn="3588">because</s> he hath cut <sn="3772">down</s> the <sn="842">grove</s><sn="834">that</s> was <sn="5921">by</s> it. </v>
<vn='31'>And <sn="3101">Joash</s><sn="559">said</s> unto <sn="3605">all</s><sn="834">that</s><sn="5975">stood</s><sn="5921">against</s> him, Will <sn="859">ye</s><sn="7378">plead</s> for <sn="1168">Baal</s>? will <sn="859">ye</s><sn="3467">save</s> him? he <sn="834">that</s> will <sn="7378">plead</s> for him, let him be put to <sn="4191">death</s><sn="5704">whilst</s> it is yet <sn="1242">morning</s>: <sn="518">if</s><sn="1931">he</s> be a <sn="430">god</s>, let him <sn="7378">plead</s> for himself, <sn="3588">because</s> one hath cast <sn="5422">down</s><sn="*853"></s> his <sn="4196">altar</s>. </v>
<vn='32'>Therefore on <sn="1931">that</s><sn="3117">day</s> he <sn="7121">called</s> him <sn="3378">Jerubbaal</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, Let <sn="1168">Baal</s><sn="7378">plead</s> against him, <sn="3588">because</s> he hath thrown <sn="5422">down</s><sn="*853"></s> his <sn="4196">altar</s>. </v>
<vn='33'>Then <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="4080">Midianites</s> and the <sn="6003">Amalekites</s> and the <sn="1121">children</s> of the <sn="6924">east</s> were <sn="622">gathered</s><sn="3162">together</s>, and went <sn="5674">over</s>, and <sn="2583">pitched</s> in the <sn="6010">valley</s> of <sn="3157">Jezreel</s>. </v>
<vn='34'>But the <sn="7307">Spirit</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s> came <sn="3847">upon</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="1439">Gideon</s>, and he <sn="8628">blew</s> a <sn="7782">trumpet</s>; and <sn="44">Abi</s> -ezer was <sn="2199">gathered</s><sn="310">after</s> him. </v>
<vn='35'>And he <sn="7971">sent</s><sn="4397">messengers</s> throughout <sn="3605">all</s><sn="4519">Manasseh</s>; <sn="1931">who</s><sn="1571">also</s> was <sn="2199">gathered</s><sn="310">after</s> him: and he <sn="7971">sent</s><sn="4397">messengers</s> unto <sn="836">Asher</s>, and unto <sn="2074">Zebulun</s>, and unto <sn="5321">Naphtali</s>; and they came <sn="5927">up</s> to <sn="7125">meet</s> them. </v>
<vn='37'><sn="2009">Behold</s>, <sn="595">I</s> will <sn="3322">put</s><sn="*853"></s> a <sn="1492">fleece</s> of <sn="6785">wool</s> in the <sn="1637">floor</s>; and <sn="518">if</s> the <sn="2919">dew</s><sn="1961">be</s><sn="5921">on</s> the <sn="1492">fleece</s><sn="905">only</s>, and it be <sn="2721">dry</s><sn="5921">upon</s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="776">earth</s> beside, then shall I <sn="3045">know</s><sn="3588">that</s> thou wilt <sn="3467">save</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3478">Israel</s> by mine <sn="3027">hand</s>, <sn="834">as</s> thou hast <sn="1696">said</s>. </v>
<vn='38'>And it <sn="1961">was</s><sn="3651">so</s>: for he rose up <sn="7925">early</s> on the <sn="4480 4283">morrow</s>, and <sn="2115">thrust</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="1492">fleece</s><sn="2115">together</s>, and <sn="4680">wrung</s> the <sn="2919">dew</s> out <sn="4480">of</s> the <sn="1492">fleece</s>, a <sn="5602">bowl</s><sn="4392">full</s> of <sn="4325">water</s>. </v>
<vn='39'>And <sn="1439">Gideon</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s><sn="430">God</s>, Let <sn="408">not</s> thine <sn="639">anger</s> be <sn="2734">hot</s> against me and I will <sn="1696">speak</s><sn="389">but</s> this <sn="6471">once</s>: let me <sn="5254">prove</s>, I pray <sn="4994">thee</s>, <sn="7535">but</s> this <sn="6471">once</s> with the <sn="1492">fleece</s>; let it <sn="4994">now</s><sn="1961">be</s><sn="2721">dry</s><sn="905">only</s><sn="413">upon</s> the <sn="1492">fleece</s>, and <sn="5921">upon</s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="776">ground</s> let there <sn="1961">be</s><sn="2919">dew</s>. </v>
<vn='40'>And <sn="430">God</s><sn="6213">did</s><sn="3651">so</s><sn="1931">that</s><sn="3915">night</s>: for it <sn="1961">was</s><sn="2721">dry</s><sn="413">upon</s> the <sn="1492">fleece</s><sn="905">only</s>, and there <sn="1961">was</s><sn="2919">dew</s><sn="5921">on</s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="776">ground</s>. </v>